Final Commands
LTG Howze served as the commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps from 1961–1962 and briefly acting Commanding General, Third Army from 1962 - 1963. His last assignment was as Commanding General, Eighth Army, Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Forces in Korea, a four-star United Nations command position involving U.S. and R.O.K. troops, from 1963 to 1965. General Howze retired from active duty in 1965 to Fort Worth, Texas.
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